the access of the strongest winds, lincoln, des moines, kansas city right now gusting to 50. as we head through the next six hours after this, so from the afternoon tonight, we'll watch that 40 and 50-mile axis of winds move toward green bay, madison and chicago. that's what's setting chicago up and all those midwest airports for real troubles tonight. it's all going to move out again tonight. chicago changes over to snow and then the winds come in, guys. tomorrow morning in the northeast from new york to washington, it's just a rain maker and it moves out by tomorrow afternoon. >> what a mess. all right, alexandra steele for us, thank you for monitoring that. let's get right to john. >>> we're learning more about the days leading up to the newtown massacre. friends of nancy lanza saying she was in new hampshire taking a vacation at a hotel. that's about a four-hour drive from newtown in the days before the attack. they say she felt comfortable leaving him alone for three days. the morning after her return, she was dead. take a look at this photo. all but one of the students